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know that more than a year ago about hamas's plan to attack? at where the warnings are actually ignored? tonight on laura coates live. you know, when i actually first heard about the story i had to actually read it twice because i thought there is no way that this is right. is it? are you telling me, all of us, that it's possible that israel was aware that hamas planned to attack israel? let me just change the word here because aware seems to make it feel like it was just an inkling, that they may have had a hint something maybe coming. but the new york times is reporting, tonight, t...

This was miles out from where we were that we went this morning, and they essentially again, told us to turn back around, john. they followed us for a bit to make sure we were turning around. very serious making sure that perimeter stays. they believe this should be an easy recovery because it's only about 47 feet of water that that balloon crashed down to. >> remarkable search effort under way. let's bring the conversation in the room, joining me to share the reporting and insights, manu raju, aisha of npr, jeff mason of reuters and our national security analyst cory. i want to start with you...

It may be they're terrified the base is sufficient to trump. do you agree with paul waldman? >> this is the greatest intelligence coup. the russians have compromised an american president thoroughly, completely and evidently and they have thoroughly compromised the republican party and the congress that should be a constitutional check and balance on him, a co-equal branch of government. the russians didn't have to go and set something up to lure congress in. they just knew once trump was in, that his celebrity and his cult would be the enforcers for him. i think paul is right, the president i...

>> as former head of mossad, danny knows what it took to pull off the daring israeli raid in tehran in january. but he was surprised to see the israeli prime minister make it public. >> it is unusual. i don't remember such cases or similar cases in the past. >> does it bother you? >> it did not bother me because this is the privilege of the prime minister to decide how to use the information. >> how necessary was this operation? a former u.s. state department official told us it wasn't really an intelligence coup at all. >> it was very, very important to have it because it will help the negoti...

Concealed by iran conclusively showing the iranians' regime and its history of pursuing nuclear weapons. >> this was not an intelligence coup. this was not a revelation. this was not a basis for withdrawing from the deal. this was not some kind of presentation that was shocking or embarrassing to the iranians. that was known, documented document by the u.s. intelligence community. so the idea that president trump was relying on this to justify pulling the u.s. out of this agreement is not just questionable. it's reckless. >> we're from nbc news. >> reporter: but when i grabbed a rare moment wi...